Home » Public Programs » Online Exhibits » George Washington and Abraham Lincoln » James Tanner Letter and Typed Account to John Boos, April 30, 1923 James Tanner Letter and Typed Account to John Boos, April 30, 1923 Contents Introduction Colonial America Confronting Mortality Post-Mortem Photography: An Overview Post-Mortem Photography: Examples by Photographic Type Post-Mortem Photography: Capturing the Right Memory Modern Embalming Undertakers and Hearses Burial Concerns Funerals Memorial Cards and Floral Arrangements Mourning Fashion Monuments and Stonework Rural Cemeteries George Washington and Abraham Lincoln Exhibit Inventory Selected Bibliography and Acknowledgments James Tanner Letter and Typed Account to John Boos, Washington, D.C.: April 30, 1923. John E. Boos Collection. Return to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln